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When Jurgen Klopp was asked about Liverpool's troublesome goalkeeping situation in February, he said: "My favourite solution, always, is that we do it with our boys. They step up, they deliver, they improve." As a wise man once sang: you can't always get what you want.

Five months, a World Cup, and two Champions League final howlers from Loris Karius later, Liverpool are spending a world-record £67 million on Roma and Brazil goalkeeper Alisson.